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| DSCN1218 [a rose] |
Photographed in Halkidiki on July 18, 2006
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Lepista nuda
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| 8011552 [Lepista nuda] |
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| 8011554-2 [Lepista nuda] |
Both photographed in Lavrio on December 10, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
Ruscus aculeatus
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| 8011370-2 [Ruscus aculeatus] |
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| 8011374-2a [Ruscus aculeatus] |
Both photographed on Mt. Hymittos on November 13, 2013
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Pancratium maritimum
Photographed near Sounio on September 6, 2013
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Crocus laevigatus
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| _8011177 [Crocus laevigatus] |
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| _8011188 HF [Crocus laevigatus] |
Both photographed on Mt. Hymittos on October 29, 2013
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Galanthus reginae-olgae
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| 801_1341 [Galanthus reginae-olgae] |
Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on November 13, 2013
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| DSCN4152a [Galanthus reginae-olgae] |
Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on November 07, 2010
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Erica manipuliflora
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| AAA3457a-2 [Erica manipulifolia] |
Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on October 29, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
The Temple of Olympian Zeus
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| 8010654 [The Temple of Olympian Zeus] |
Photographed on October 2, 2013
The Temple of Olympian Zeus is a colossal ruined temple in the center of Athens that was dedicated to Zeus, the Father of the Olympian gods and of all men. Its construction began in the 6th century BC but it was completed 638 years later! It was planned to be the greatest temple in the ancient word built on a platform of 41x108m with a total of 104 columns that would stand 17m high and 2m in diameter! At its short-lived glory it housed a huge gold and ivory statue of Zeus BUT ... An interesting story - good to know - but I'm afraid this blog is not the best place for detailed information.
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| CCC_9487-2 [The Temple of Olympian Zeus] |
Photographed from the Acropolis on September 17, 2012
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Crocus cartwrightianus
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| _8011110 [Crocus cartwrightianus] |
Photographed on Mt. Paneio on October 27, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Colchicum cupanii
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| _8011035-2-2 [Colchicum cupanii] |
Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on October 25, 2013
Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on October 17, 2010
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| BBB9894 [Colchicum cupanii] |
Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on October 17, 2010
Friday, October 25, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Palm trees
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| 8010634 [Palm trees] |
Photographed in the National Gardens of Athens on September 28, 1013
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Crocus cancellatus ssp. mazziaricus
8010680 [Crocus cancellatus ssp. mazziaricus]
Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on October 8, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Biarum tenuifolium ssp. abbreviatum
8010831 [Biarum tenuifolium ssp. abbreviatum]
Photographed on Filopappou Hill on October 5, 2013
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Solanum eleagnifolium
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| 1TT0564 [Solanum eleagnifolium] |
Photographed in Holargos on September 25, 2013
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Friday, September 27, 2013
The Temple of Aphaia
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| DDD3455 [Temple of Aphaia] |
Seen from East
The Temple of Aphaia stands on a hill in the north-eastern part of the Greek island of Aegina. It is interesting to know that its location forms an isosceles triangle with the Parthenon in Athens and the Temple of Poseidon at Sounio. The Temple was originally built in the 8th century BC and rebuilt in 560 BC but in the pictures here we see its 3rd construction that has been standing there since about 500 BC. It was dedicated to a Cretan goddess and was wealthily decorated with sculptures that one can see today in the Munich Glyptothek.
DDD3465 [Temple of Aphaia]
Seen fom West
Photographed in Aegina on August 30, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Colchicum sfikasianum
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| 1TT0459 [Colchicum sfikasianum] |
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| 1TT0463 [Colchicum sfikasianum] |
Both photographed on Mt. Hymittos on September 19, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Colchicum lingulatum
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| 1TT0352 [Colchicum lingulatum] |
Photographed on Mt. Parnitha on September 15, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Colchicum bivonae
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| 1TT0427 [Colchicum bivonae] |
Colchicum bivonae is one of the few plants that flower in early September. They denote the beginning of Autumn and the beginning of the new shooting season for flower photographers.
Photographed on Mt. Parnitha on September 16, 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013
"Lost and Found"
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| IMG_0140 [Lost and Found] |
This basketball was presumably "lost" on a slope of Mt. Hymittos
but it declares in its own way that nevertheless it's still happy!
Found and photographed on Mt. Hymittos on April 26, 2011
Monday, September 9, 2013
Hirundo rustica
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| DDD_1568 [Hirundo rustica] |
A couple of swallows - our familiar summer visitors - looking for a drop of water in an almost dry puddle
in order to quench their thirst.
Photographed near Dilesi on April 6, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
Edraianthus parnassicus
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| DDD3216 [Edraianthus parnassicus] |
Photographed on Mt. Oiti on August 10, 2013
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Verbascum speciosus ssp. megaphlomos
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| DDD3236 [Verbascum speciosum ssp. megaphlomos] |
Photographed on Mt. Oiti on August 10, 2013
Friday, August 16, 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
Ichthyosaura alpestris
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| DDD3245 [Ichthyosaura alpestris] |
An amphibian creature - relative to Salamandra - in a forest pond at an altitude of 1800m.
Photographed on Mt. Oiti on August 10, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Trachemys scripta elegans
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| CCC_9761 [Trachemys scripta elegans] |
This turtle of American origin spends most of its time in the water but it likes to leave the water and bask in the sun on a sunny day. It is usually found in slow moving rivers, streams and ponds.
Photographed in Athens zoo on September 19, 2012
Sunday, August 4, 2013
A moth (sp.?)
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| DDD_2117 [moth] |
Dimensions: 20mm x 45mm
Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on April 20, 2013
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Cervus elaphus
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| DDD_1914 [Cervus elaphus] |
For life facts relating to Cervus elaphus and for a relative video posted earlier on this blog
please click here.
please click here.
Photographed on Mt. Parnitha on April 13, 2013
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
“A New Kitten on the Block”!
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| DDD2640 [kitten] |
This kitten,whose eyes were closed until a few days ago, is a new resident in our block of flats. Inexperienced of our world, she's curiously looking into something that people call "photographic lens".
Photographed in Holargos on May 24, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
Egretta garzetta
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| DDD2773 [Egretta garzetta] | h |
A member of the Greek Ornithological Society is releasing an Egretta garzetta after it was treated for health problems by the loving hands of the Society's members.
The bird, being inactive for quite some time, is testing its wings to make sure it can trust them before it flies
to freedom again.
Congratulations to the Society and a very warm Thank you for the noble work they are doing!
Photographed in Vravrona on June 6, 2013